Search Result:mire
KK Pronunciation
〔 maIr 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊmaiә 〕
Overview of noun mire
The noun mire has 3 senses
- mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack -- (a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot)
- slop, mire -- (deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop")
- mire -- (a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from; "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty")
Overview of verb mire
The verb mire has 4 senses
- entangle, mire -- (entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past")
- mire, bog down -- (cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart")
- grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire -- (be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand")
- mire, muck, mud, muck up -- (soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden")